Job Title: Labor and Delivery Registered Nurse
Profession: Registered Nurse
Specialty: Labor and Delivery
Duration: 26 Weeks
Shift: Night
Hours per Shift: 12 Hours (19:00 - 07:00)
Experience: Minimum 2 Years Preferred
License: Active Registered Nurse License
Certifications: ACLS, AWHONN Intermediate, NRP
Must-Have:
- Previous charge experience preferred
- Patient ratio experience required
- Charting system experience required
- Travel experience required
Description:
WNTR CONTRACT: 26 Weeks PM SHIFT 7p-7a.
On call required for 48 hours in a 6-week block.
Combined unit that services labor and delivery (vaginal and cesarean), postpartum, antepartum, and Level II nursery.
Required certifications: ACLS, AWHONN Intermediate, NRP.
Level 2 inpatient obstetrical clientele and Level 2 NICU neonatal clientele managed.
Experience with GYN/Medical overflow, antepartum patients, observational triage patients, and Mother Baby Couplet Care.
Procedures associated with obstetrics include versions, induction of labor, cervical ripening, intrauterine fetal demise care, and bereavement.
Involved in Cesarean sections.
Staffing ratios include:
1:1 for complications or active labor.
1:3 for stable antepartum.
1:1-2 for unstable, ill antepartum.
1:3-4 for couplet care.
2:1 for delivery (one NRP for baby, one for mother).
1:2-3 for NICU Level 2 depending on condition.
If floated outside of specialty, will utilize general nursing skills to assist nurses with assigned patients.